(BALTIMORE, MD) — (June 7, 2013) — The world's female mutants gather together in Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel's X-Men #1 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in May 2013, according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

Marvel Comics was May's leading publisher with a 33.36% market share in retail dollars and a 37.44% market share in units. DC Entertainment was second with a 28.27% share in dollars and a 30.84% share in units. May's comics sales increased overall by nearly 7% over April and graphic novels by nearly 16%. Comics sales through the end of May are up 15% over last year.

BOOM! Studios' first original Adventure Time graphic novel, Adventure Time: Playing With Fire by Danielle Corsetto and Zack Sterling, was May's best-selling graphic novel.

DC Comics' popular Teen Titans franchise joined the HeroClix gaming table in May with the DC HeroClix: Teen Titans Booster Brick, the best-selling game product to direct market retailers for the month.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

RETAIL MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS

33.36%

DC COMICS

28.27%

IMAGE COMICS

7.48%

IDW PUBLISHING

6.28%

DARK HORSE COMICS

4.73%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

3.50%

BOOM! STUDIOS

2.97%

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD

1.57%

AVATAR PRESS INC

0.92%

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

0.90%

OTHER NON-TOP 10

10.02%

UNIT MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS

37.44%

DC COMICS

30.84%

IMAGE COMICS

8.11%

IDW PUBLISHING

4.77%

DARK HORSE COMICS

4.36%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

3.30%

BOOM! STUDIOS

2.63%

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

0.82%

AVATAR PRESS INC

0.76%

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD

0.37%

OTHER NON-TOP 10

6.60%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

DOLLARS

UNITS

MAY 2013 VS. APRIL 2013

COMICS

6.95%

5.42%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

15.79%

5.88%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

9.76%

5.46%

MAY 2013 VS. MAY 2012

COMICS

0.97%

-2.62%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

1.00%

3.17%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

0.98%

-2.15%

YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2012

COMICS

15.04%

12.25%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

12.01%

11.45%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

14.07%

12.19%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

X-MEN #1

$3.99

FEB130492

MAR

2

BATMAN #20

$3.99

MAR130201

DC

3

JUSTICE LEAGUE #20

$3.99

MAR130173

DC

4

AGE OF ULTRON #7

$3.99

MAR130600

MAR

5

AGE OF ULTRON #8

$3.99

MAR130603

MAR

6

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #9

$3.99

MAR130615

MAR

7

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10

$3.99

MAR130617

MAR

8

JUSTICE LEAGUE OFAMERICA#3

$3.99

FEB130111

DC

9

ALL NEW X-MEN #11

$3.99

MAR130614

MAR

10

DETECTIVE COMICS #20

$3.99

MAR130210

DC

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 PLAYING FIRE

$11.99

FEB130825

BOO

2

SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR)

$9.99

AUG120491

IMA

3

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE

$14.99

NOV128157

IMA

4

SUPERMAN EARTH ONE TP VOL 01

$12.99

FEB130226

DC

5

ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE & THE SCREAMQUEENSTP VOL 01

$19.99

MAR130946

BOO

6

DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEAD PRESIDENTS NOW

$15.99

MAR130727

MAR

7

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 01

$17.99

MAR130366

IDW

8

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 MY OWN WORST ENEMY NOW

$17.99

MAR130724

MAR

9

SUPERMAN ACTION TP VOL 01 SUPERMAN MEN OF STEEL (N52)

$16.99

FEB130215

DC

10

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO HC VOL 02 (MR)

$19.99

JAN130329

DC

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY PLAY ARTS KAI BATMAN AF

SEP128219

SQU

2

MARVEL SELECT NIGHTCRAWLER AF

MAY121672

DST

3

MAN OF STEEL SUPERMAN 1:6 SCALE ICONIC STATUE

FEB130255

DC

4

DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY PLAY ARTS KAI BANE AF

SEP128218

SQU

5

GREEN LANTERN SIMON BAZ AF

JAN130349

DC

6

ST TOS ENTERPRISE CUTAWAY MODEL

FEB131540

DST

7

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY MIKE ALLRED

FEB130260

DC

8

MASS EFFECT COMMANDER SHEPARD BISHOUJO STATUE

OCT121708

KOT

9

DC COMICS AQUAMAN ARTFX+ STATUE NEW 52 VER

APR131844

KOT

10

KNIGHT RIDER 1/15 SCALE KITT

MAY121668

DST

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK

DESCRIPTION

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS BOOSTER BRICK

JAN132015

NEC

2

MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE BOOSTER DIS

FEB131931

WIZ

3

RISK LEGACY

JUN118204

HAS

4

DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS 24 CT PRIMER DS

JAN132014

NEC

5

MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE FAT PACK

FEB131933

WIZ

6

MARVEL HEROCLIX FEAR ITSELFBLITZKRIEG USA SCENARIO PK

JAN138294

NEC

7

DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS RAVAGERS FAST FORCES 6 PACK

JAN132016

NEC

8

WALKING DEAD TV BOARD GAME

JUL112137

CRY

9

IRON MAIDEN HEROCLIX 24 CT GRAVITY FEED DISPLAY

JAN138373

NEC

10

MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE INTRO DECK DIS

FEB131934

WIZ

Dollar Market Share – May 2013

Unit Market Share– May 2013

How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 comic book specialty shops located inNorth Americaand around the world. The account base includes brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, Internet merchants, and other specialty stores.

Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.

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